And beating the Premier League leaders would be the perfect reminder this Reds team remain heading in the right direction.

The midweek visit of Arsenal represents a significant moment in the season for Klopp's side.

With bitter rivals Manchester United to come four days later, it's the start of a series of home games – Exeter in the FA Cup third round replay and Stoke City in the Capital One Cup semi-final the others – that will shape the remainder of our season.

Of course, the last time Arsenal visited Anfield as league leaders two years ago they were blown away 5-1.

You'd quite rightly get long odds on a repeat.

But we need to be looking to get something against the Gunners. There will be an edge to the game.

Roberto Firmino will be hoping to make an impression against Arsenal

And the crowd will be expected to play their part. The atmosphere has certainly improved since Klopp took his players to greet the Kop, but under the Anfield lights and against opposition that represents genuine danger, the supporters are sure to be up for it.

Beating Arsenal would be a major scalp because at the moment we are struggling for consistency in the Premier League.

Plus, given our away form in the top-flight has dipped somewhat, we need to start making the most of home advantage.

It won't just be about the result, either. For players such as Adam Lallana and Roberto Firmino, this is the type of game to prove they can be a success at Liverpool.

Sure, we'll be missing several players, but Klopp won't use that as an excuse. It is what it is – he'll just get on with it.

But the fact Kolo Toure, Mamadou Sakho and perhaps Jordon Ibe could be back will be a relief.

Arsenal were well beaten in 2014 when they last visited Anfield as Premier League leaders

What will help is that Arsenal – and United – will come out to play football.

It isn't in their DNA so sit back and defend.

When you look at Crystal Palace, West Brom, Southampton and Norwich, they all sat back and we struggled to find a way through.

Arsenal also don't have the players to bully us. They might outplay us but they won't overpower us in midfield.

And they don't really have the same set-piece threat as recent visitors to Anfield.

We've had too many non-performances on our own patch this season. Wednesday would be the ideal time to address that shortcoming.

No rush to buy in the January sales

Two weeks into January, and the rumour mill is working overtime.

Liverpool are being linked with a succession of players, the majority of which are based in Jurgen Klopp's German homeland.

But, while we have snapped up Marko Grujic, I honestly don't think we'll see any players coming in to bolster the first team immediately this month.

Yes, I know we have a lot of injured players.

But Klopp is clearly of the opinion that he knows they are going to come back.

If we sign somebody now, we'll have far too many players to choose from when the injuries start to abate.

They're not all going to be sidelined permanently.

Marko Grujic arrived this month... but don't expect many more incomings

There's also a sense of Klopp being stubborn. He's rightly said he's not interested in bringing in players just for the sake of it – they have to be better than the ones we have got.

And, as he has already shown in the Capital One Cup and FA Cup, the Reds boss is perfectly happy to give youngsters a chance.

That said, the goalkeeping situation must be giving him some concern.

Given Adam Bogdan has let him down in the last couple of games, why wouldn't Klopp be looking at another goalkeeper?

The Reds boss has come out strongly in support of Simon Mignolet, and the Belgian is clearly now first choice.

But I'd be tempted to look for an older goalkeeper who can bring experience to the squad and will know he isn't going to be a regular starter.

The kids were more than all right

Jurgen Klopp was completely vindicated with his decision to field the youngsters at Exeter City.

They responded with a decent performance and, for many of them, it will be an experience that can only bolster their career prospects.

The only real risk Klopp was taking was that by selecting a side that hadn't played before and arguably never will again, there was a chance they could be all over the place for the first half-hour and find themselves a couple of goals behind.

Thankfully, we equalised their opener pretty quickly, and that was a big moment in the game.